Edwin Black’s latest 5–part investigative series, Hillel at the Crossroads, is based on more than 100 interviews in 4 countries, and the acquisition of many documents and internal emails. This is Part 5. Click on a part number to read a previous installment in this series: I, II, III, IV Feud resolution or escalation? By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. […]
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Edwin Black, USABeauty brand Dove has been forced to apologize after releasing an ad that shows a black woman turning into a white woman in a move that has been deemed racist by consumers. Dove, which is owned by Unilever, pulled its ad—showing a woman turn from black to white after using Dove products—from Facebook following the
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Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON — A senior Republican senator publicly expressed on Sunday what party leaders mostly have whispered, calling the White House “an adult day care center” in a caustic reply to President Donald Trump’s weekend of tweets and off-the-cuff comments attacking the senator and a range of other targets. The extraordinary Twitter exchange between the president
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USASen. Dianne Feinstein, who authored the 1990s ban on assault weapons, said over the weekend that Congress must pass a law banning the so-called bump stock devices used in last week’s massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival. Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation” program, Ms. Feinstein, California Democrat who remains one of the
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USAThe United States and Turkey on Sunday scaled back visa issuing services in each other’s countries in a deepening diplomatic row sparked by the arrest of a Turkish staffer at the American mission in Istanbul. The American embassy in Ankara said that “recent events” forced the US government to reassess Turkey’s “commitment” to the security
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Middle East, USAFormer San Francisco 49ers star Colin Kaepernick has hit out at a report he would stand for the national anthem if he was offered a spot on an NFL team, deeming it a lie. Kaepernick, who refused to stand during the national anthem to protest police brutality towards African Americans, was previously a quarterback for
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Sports & Competitions, USAVice President Mike Pence walked out of Sunday’s NFL game in Indianapolis after 23 San Francisco 49ers players took a knee during the national anthem. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Pence said in a tweet that, “I left today’s Colts game because President Trump and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag,
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Sports & Competitions, USAUS Ambassador to Israel David Friedman took part Sunday in a cornerstone laying ceremony for the new dormitory of the Yeshivat Hesder Sderot in southern Israel, along with MK Bezalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) and Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi. During the ceremony, Smotrich addressed President Donald Trump”s recent remarks regarding the proposed relocation of the US
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Middle East, USAThe Fatah Revolutionary Council, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, met at the Palestinian Authority presidential headquarters in Ramallah to discuss the latest developments in the efforts to achieve reconciliation with the Hamas terrorist organization. According to the official PA news agency Wafa, Fatah leader and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said at the meeting that Jerusalem
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Middle East, USAThousands of Israeli and Palestinian women arrived in Jerusalem Sunday at the end of a two-week march through Israel and the West Bank to demand a peace deal. The Women Wage Peace movement organised the march, which began on September 24 and included participants who have themselves been affected by violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Middle EastMore than 3,800 housing units in Israeli towns across Judea and Samaria will be given final approval next week, a report by Channel 2 claimed Sunday night. According to the report, 3,829 housing units in Judea and Samaria will be given building permits next week, as the Civil Administration Higher Planning Committee meets for the
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Middle EastThe first girls-only baseball league in Ontario has grown from 42 players in 2016 to over 350 today. (Courtesy Toronto Girls Baseball League) TORONTO — A 2012 study by Indiana University found that until puberty, girls and boys are equally athletic, with no difference in performance between boys and girls under eight, and a minimal
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International, Sports & CompetitionsRIO DE JANEIRO — The Jewish president of the Rio 2016 Olympic Committee was arrested amid an investigation into a vote-buying scheme to bring the Olympic Games to South America for the first time. Carlos Arthur Nuzman, who also is the president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee and an honorary International Olympic Committee member, is
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He was a nice Yiddish boy. He never smoked or drank. He never physically hurt a soul. He was loyal to those close to him. Some might say the same of Bernie Madoff. — W. Rabinowitz By Jerry Klinger LONDON, England — Napoleon Bonaparte is entombed in a fifteen-foot-tall sarcophagus in the Royal Chapel at
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